| Even before you start preparing for your outsourcing | | | | new team, thus gaining new responsibilities. This will |
| project, make sure that the environment in your | | | | bring a variety to their work, they will have new |
| organization is right. There are many things that | | | | responsibilities, new tasks, and less boring and |
| should be taken care of. Make sure you properly 'sell' | | | | repetitive tasks. |
| software outsourcing not only to the upper | | | | As the supervisors, advisors and teachers to the |
| management, but also to your staff. Address any | | | | outsourcing team they will gain status (higher, |
| fears and questions even before anybody can raise | | | | supervisor position). |
| them. | | | | 2. As they will be relieved from many repetitive tasks |
| Selling software outsourcing project to your | | | | they will have a chance to concentrate on important |
| company, especially to your staff can be very | | | | tasks - including analysis, creating company's strategy |
| difficult. They will naturally feel threatened and might | | | | and vision. |
| even undermine your efforts. | | | | They will gain a new perspective. They will be able to |
| That is why it is very important to communicate the | | | | analyze, define and oversee the tasks for the |
| benefits, that software outsourcing can bring to | | | | software outsourcing team. This will lead to a more |
| them. | | | | prestigious role in the company. |
| Obviously, before you even start finding a vendor | | | | 3. They will have a chance to learn something new. |
| and creating the plans, you have to think about the | | | | This is a good test for your staff - you will see if |
| reaction of your company to the new challenge, that | | | | they will be able to rise to a new challenge and move |
| outsourcing will provide. Staff might think about | | | | to the new position and evolve. This might produce |
| outsourcing as a threat, they might think they will be | | | | new leaders in your company, on both technical and |
| made redundant. | | | | managerial sides. |
| Here is how communicate the benefits of software | | | | In the time of change, only the best are able to |
| outsourcing to your staff. | | | | transform, accommodate, and accept new challenges. |
| 1. You are going to outsource the work, which is | | | | Of course, some will not be able to do that. Some |
| very well defined, e.g. boring for people doing it day | | | | will not be able to support company during the |
| after day for several years. These might be | | | | transformation, so they might find a new role in |
| software maintenance tasks, legacy systems bug | | | | another department or somewhere else. |
| fixing, IT support or various well-defined technical | | | | When your company is moving to the next level, |
| tasks. | | | | some will not be able to keep up. You will only need |
| It will be beneficial for your people to move that | | | | people committed, able to change and work in this |
| work to somebody else, because they will have a | | | | new state of the company development. |
| chance to take their expertise and teach that the | | | | |